Past Event Category: Diagnosis Category
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Sep 12Seminar – Brittany Hand, PhD, OTR/L – “Health Outcomes Among Autistic Older Adults in the US: Findings from Nation-wide Medicare Data”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Brittany Hand, PhD, OTR/L The Ohio State University Profile About the Speaker: Brittany Hand, PhD, OTR/L, is an Associate Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University. Dr. Hand’s research centers on optimizing health service delivery and patient health outcomes among adults on the autism spectrum and a variety of …
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Aug 6Looking Beneath the Surface of “Challenging Behavior” – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Discover alternative models for understanding what challenging behaviors represent and how to best support people who experience them.
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Jul 16Trauma’s Influence on the Brain, Body, and Behavior: Promoting Healing and Well-Being – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
This session will highlight the impact of trauma and stress on the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Jun 24Humanizing Mental Health – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
If you are a human and interact with other humans, you are “doing” mental health. It is not only something “done” in offices by mental health professionals.
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Jun 9Managing Threatening Confrontations – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Josh Lapin, MSSW
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Managing Threatening Confrontations is designed to assist you in learning how to effectively support individuals who could experience the full range of behavioral escalation. These moments often appear chaotic-when to talk, when to step back, who to call for back up, and “when to duck.” This seminar is designed to put order to the …
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May 14Neurodivergent Flourishing: Fostering Happy, Healthy Brains & Bodies – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Angela Marx, PhD
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: Because much of the current clinical and scholarly information around neurodivergent is deficit-based, limited, and some, even completely inaccurate, much of the clinical support is also misguided and unintentionally harmful. However, when we know better, we do better! Explore how to be an ally and foster genuine neurodivergent happiness, health and, flourishing across the …
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Apr 30Recognizing Power Dynamics – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Amanda Pandl
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: As caregivers, we are in a close and complicated relationship with the individuals we support. We are asked to ensure certain levels of health and safety, while also giving the client the dignity of personhood and autonomy. This complicated relationship can be wrought with disagreements that may lead to power struggles and attempts to …
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Apr 23Whose Life Is It, Anyway? – In Person TrainingFeaturing: Peter Leidy
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53713
Overview: In this training session we will look at power and control in support relationships. Many people being supported feel that others are too often telling them what to do. Many supporters feel that guiding and deciding are expectations of their job or supervisor. We talk about choice all the time, but what does choice …
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Apr 4Seminar – Ruth Carper, PhD – “Neuroimaging Findings in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Ruth Carper, PhD San Diego State University Lab Website About the Speaker: Dr. Ruth Carper is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology from San Diego State University, and is also Co-Director of the Brain Development Imaging Laboratories. She has been studying the brain bases of autism, from childhood to aging, for more than …
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Mar 15Alternative and Augmentative Communication Improv ShowFeaturing: Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk
Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium Waisman Center
The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, is hosting an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Improvisation Show led by Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk, an autistic improviser who can speak most of the time, but not always. Come watch local improv performers use tools designed for AAC to communicate including technology designed to support communication for people …